Preview Walk Across Benjamin Franklin Bridge Held Ahead Of Papal Visit
Members of the media joined transportation officials for a Papal visit preview walk across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
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Members of the media joined transportation officials for a Papal visit preview walk across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
This is one of the oldest baby parades in the country.
Mayor Nutter said the City Commerce Department has developed an online "business resource center" just for the Pope's visit that will be on the city website beginning Monday.
The beam will be placed at the Kennedy Space Center 9/11 Memorial for its Sept. 11 ceremony.
Major roads approaching the Ben Franklin Bridge will be closed that weekend, like the Admiral Wilson Boulevard West at Baird Boulevard and 676 North at Morgan Boulevard.
The newly-built outlet center off of Route 42 in Blackwood houses 90 retailers, including Reebok, Columbia Sportswear and Vera Bradley.
"Terror Behind The Walls" is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Eastern State Penitentiary historic site.
Mayor Michael Nutter held a press conference Thursday afternoon regarding the upcoming Papal visit in Philadelphia.
Rich discussed the Hillary Clinton email server, the EPA spill, and the Pope's visit to Philadelphia. He also discussed Van Halen, Rand Paul's impression of Donald Trump and more. Rich spoke with Dr. Mazz during the Ask the Doctor segment. He also spoke with Gov. Ed Rendell about political topics in the news.
"If you are not prepared to walk a significant distance, you may want to re-evaluate whether in fact you want to go to this event," he said.
During the six week "Urban Apps & Maps Program" program, high schoolers worked with college students to strengthen their business and entrepreneurship skills through hands-on projects, like building websites.
SugarHouse fought a second casino license for Philadelphia, arguing the market was saturated, but it's adding hundreds of new slots and dozens of new table games.
Authorities say the scheme was revealed when Christian Lusardi allegedly flushed hundreds of chips down the toilet in his room, clogging a pipe at Harrah's Casino Hotel.
Zoo visitors sang Happy Birthday to Unna the hippopotamus.
Habitat for Humanity held a "builders blitz" at the 1900 block of Turner Street.